Do the Stewards in Far North QLD not know the rules, or is it simply that they choose not to apply them? Trainer Alwyn Bailey failed to transport his runner in race 4 Bring Me To Life to the track. Bailey told the Stewards that he left the horse at home because in his opinion […]
Local Trainers Ask Albo to Build Walls Around Tassie and SA to Keep Emma $tewart Out
Want to hear something amazing? Emma Stewart is sitting second in the Tasmanian women trainers premiership. She has won the 2nd highest prizemoney of any woman trainer too. Stewart has only had 26 runners in the State all year. 18 of them have won. Her Tasmanian strike rate is 69%. Emma Stewart is also sitting […]
Former SA Trainer Ryan Balfour Found Passed Out Drunk in His Car on the Side of the Road
‘Devastating life events’ led to SA horse trainer Ryan Balfour to drink and drive and pass out in his car, court told Story by Natalie Vikhrov, Adelaide Advertiser A prominent South Australian horse trainer was suffering “devastating life events” – including the loss of the family racing business – before he drove so drunk he […]
How the Hell Can Punters Bet With Confidence in Races Like These?
The dominance of the giant stables in Sydney is getting totally out of control. Or should I say the Waller stablers dominance of the numbers in Sydney is. Take the third race at Warwick Farm today, the Maiden Plate over 1400m. There are 9 runners in the race. Chris Waller trains 7 of them. Waller’s […]
This Is Just Insane – Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt – A Blind Man Can See It
I want to have a closer look at this CHEERSTOLOU horse, because what it has done since it joined the Donny Smith stable is absolutely insane. Im Themightyquinn’s track record at Albion Park of 1.50.4 set in 2014 stood for eight years. Cruz tied it when Craig Cross was the straw man boss at McCarthy’s […]
Oh Well, It Was a Bloody Hot Day – I Just Hope Bjorn Didn’t Try to Drive the Forklift Home!
We just received this message from a trusted source. Oh dear. It seems that the most affable trainer in New South Wales might be in a bit of bother with the Stewards in the days to come. As my mate the Eagle’s old man the bookie always use to say, punting and the piss don’t […]
Sometimes You Just Shake Your Head and Wonder Why
Stewards at Thangool yesterday found a syringe containing a substance in trainer Jason Hancock’s vehicle that he had used to transport his horse Zufasta to the track. Hancock told the stipes it was a crushed up acepromazine tablet. ACE is a sedative. You cannot give them on race day, and you can’t be in possession […]
Why Do Apprentices Have to Pay Their ‘Masters’ 25% of Their Winnings? – Indentured Slavery Ended in Australia the Year Before Man Landed on the Moon
DISCLAIMER: NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE IS TO BE CONTRUE AS LEGAL ADVICE, FOR IT IS NOT. THESE ARE MERELY ARCHIE BUTTERFLY’S OPINIONS OF HIS OWN. HE IS SHARING THEM WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU PAY TO READ THEM, ON THE BASIS THAT YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE AND EVER AFTER WHEN YOU CLICK ON A […]
Darleen Duryea is Being Directly Discriminated Against in Her Quest to Return to Her Pre-Fall Life as a Trainer at Beaudesert*
The horrific injuries that licensed QLD racehorse trainer Darleen Duryea suffered in the trackwork fall we showed you earlier this week have confined her to a wheelchair, hopefully not forever, but at least for now. After four years of hard work and intensive therapy, during which she maintained her training license but was unable to […]
The Gingerbread Man Is All Grown Up Now – It’s Time to Give Him Another Chance
“I can’t touch horses or saddle horses but I can manage some things for the stable, help with programming campaigns for horses and manage communication with owners” “There are some things I did wrong in the past and if I could go back in time and change some stuff I would. “I’ve always wanted to […]